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Z | 11 - 7 fFor vehicles: 224 1. Parking areas shall be designed so that circulation between parking stalls or aisles occurs 225 within the designated parking lot and does not depend upon a public street or alley. 226 2. Parking area designs that require backing into the public street shall be prohibited, with 227 the exception of emergency vehicles or vehicles plowing snow. 228 3. “Entrance only” and “exit only” signs may be required by the Department of Community 229 Assets & Development where necessary to ensure sufficient circulation and access to a public 230 street. 231 4. Cross access and circulation across adjoining parcels is required where appropriate and 232 feasible, to be determined by the Department of Community Assets and Development Joint 233 circulation shall be documented in a cross access and circulation easement and agreement, 234 subject to approval by the city. 235 236 B. Parking area designs that require backing into the public street shall be prohibitedFor 237 pedestrians.: 238 1. Pedestrian access points shall be provided at all pedestrian arrival points to the 239 development including the property edges, adjacent lots, abutting street intersections, 240 crosswalks, and at transit stops if applicable. Pedestrian access shall be coordinated with 241 existing development to provide circulation patterns between developments. 242 2. Planned trail connections as identified in the City’s Comprehensive Parks Plan shall be 243 accommodated and incorporated into projects as may be necessary by the Department of 244 Community Assets & Development. 245 3. Pedestrian walkways and trails shall form an on-site circulation system that minimizes 246 the conflict between pedestrians and traffic at all points of pedestrian access to on-site 247 parking and building entrances, and between buildings. 248 4. Pedestrian access and walkways shall meet the following minimum design standards: 249 i. Access and walkways shall be luminated and physically separated from driveways 250 and parking spaces by landscaping, berms, barriers, grade separation or other means to 251 protect pedestrians from vehicular traffic; 252 ii. Access and walkways shall be a minimum of six (6) feet of unobstructed width and 253 meet City standards for surfacing of walkways or sidewalks; 254 iii. Access shall be usable by mobility-impaired persons and shall be designed and 255 constructed to be easily located by the sight-impaired pedestrian by either grade change, 256 texture or other equivalent means; 257 iv. A clearly delineated crosswalk shall be required when a walkway crosses a 258 driveway or a paved area accessible to vehicles. Raised crosswalks or speed bumps may 259 be required at all points where a walkway crosses the lane of vehicle travel. 260 vi. Parking stalls shall not be located where they obstruct doorways, driveways, or 261 pedestrian walkways. 262 vii. Trail designs shall meet requirements as spelled out by the Department of 263 Community Assets & Development. 264 265 (10) Drive-Thru Facilities. Commercial uses containing drive-in or drive-up facilities shall be permitted 266 only by issuance of a Special Use Permit. Such special use shall be considered in accordance with 267 Section 8-130 and the following standards: 268 A. The drive-thru facility does not negatively impact traffic on public rights-of-way. 269 B. A stacking lane shall be provided with a minimum of four spaces per lane in addition to the 270 number of required parking spaces. 271 Commented [HD21]: Existing language Commented [HD22]: From Low Salt Expert Commented [HD23]: From Traffic Engineer Expert Commented [HD24]: From Mixed Use district requirements Commented [HD25]: From Mixed Use district requirements